Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from 2021

Acceptably Cinematic: WW84

 Well. That was a thing.  First, let me say, I'm not here to yuck your yum. If you like this, fantastic. I loved the first Wonder Woman. It was a solid movie that I think was the first of the new DC movies that really, completely, understood the character that was in the movie. And the first scenes of Wonder Woman in the 80's where she's in the mall are fantastic. And having a big, dumb, fun, colorful movie after 9+ months of death, doom, gloom, quarantine and pandemic might just be what you needed. Fair play to you. I hope you loved it. That said... What the hell was that? What do I mean by that? Well, let me ask you a question: why is it OK that Steve's ghost possessed some innocent dude and then he and Diana drag that guy's body around the world into dangerous situations, risk that life, have sex with, and generally rewrite this guy's life into their personal couple vacation? Not to engage in whataboutism, would you have been ok-ish if that had been a woman? ...